the race for the white house. just 4 days to go until election day. and as the two candidates prepare for the final weekend push - they're focusing in on must win states and calling in help from all of their friends. a-b-c's maggie rulli has the latest from the campaign trail. it's down to crunch time? and both hillary clinton and donald trump are on a three state / three stop blitz today (trump) you know, this is where it all began, new hampshire. this is where it all began. ready to vote pittsburg? with just four days to go - each candidate seems most focused on damaging the other sot trump how can hillary manage this country, when she can't even manage her emails? sot clinton tktk armed with their teams of high profile supporters - the campaigns are hitting up nine swing states each today? an all out battleground offensive as election day uncertainty

rates 15 states as being in play - enough to help sway the presidency either way today's abc news washington post national tracking poll shows clinton with a slight edge - 47 to 45? but still within the margin or error. clinton's looking to ramp up those numbers with help from president obama- who's doubling down in north carolina with two events (obama sound) xxxx o/c close obama will campaign for clinton all weekend and plans to stand right beside her on the night before the election in pennsylvania. trump's calling on sarah palin? she'll rally for the republicans in michigan this weekend? and stand by his side on election night. maggie rulli abc news

trump's campaign office in denver has been vandalazed. obsenities were spray painted on the building and the windows were white washed. volunteers reported the damage when they arrived for work this morning. a campaign official says there is a surveillance camera -- but nothing was caught on tape. one church has a controversial warning before the election -- vote democrat -- and you'll go to hell. a catholic church in san diego put in a recent bulletin quote "it's a mortal sin to vote d also lists democratic positions on everything from same sex marriage to abortion -- it says will doom supporters to hell. the spokesman for the san diego diocese says the messages don't reflect catholic teaching and are inappropriate. kevin eckery / spokesman roman catholic diocese of san diego "by descending into endorsing one party or another or saying outlandishly that if you vote for one party you'll go to hell is just flat out wrong." the diocese says people should vote their consciences.

church's message -- the building is also a place people will go to vote on tuesday. two former officials linked to new jersey governor chris christie's office have been found guilty on all charges. prosecutors say the two are connected to the lane closures in 20- 13 on the george washington bridge they also say it was an act of alleged political retribution to a local mayor for not endorsing christie in his re-election campaign. and bill baroni were convicted of scheming with former christie ally david wildstein.. wildstein has pleaded gulity. the family of a black man who was gunned down by police in el cajon, california is filing a lawsuit against the department. the wife of alfred olango and his daughters say they're filing the suit because to prevent another family from going through something similar. "justice is going to come in the form of no more alfed olangos."

police say he was uncooperative and pointed what they thought was a gun it turned out to be a vaping device. more grisly details are emerging... after a south carolina woman is found chained by her neck inside a storage container. a suspect appeared in court today. meanwhile police are trying to make sure they don't have a serial kil looking for as many as four bodies on the property surrounding that container. a-b-c's lauren lyster has the latest. investigators today discovering a body while pouring over this rural south carolina area...authorities believe there are more - as they look for evidence of a possible serial killer's crimes. ((mug)) 45 -year old todd christopher kohlepp -- the listed property owner and a registered sex offender -- ((court ftg)) now behind bars and appearing in court

((nats/sot court)) this after authorities say they found 30 year old kala brown chained up and held captive on his 100 acre property thursday. sot johnny raven, neighbor "he'd always tell me well i'm going over here and get my tractor out and play in my big sandbox." [gfx] acting on a tip, police say they heard brown banging on the inside of a storage container in this wooded area, surrounded by a chain-link fence. brown - chained inside by her neck -- telling police, she had inside the metal locker for two months [[gfx]] brown -- who reportedly cleaned houses for kohlepp -- went missing with her boyfriend charlie carver at the end of august. on thursday, police finding their car at the crime scene, but no sign of carver -- brown told police - she witnessed kohlepp shoot him. sot "we're trying to make sure we don't have a serial killer on our hands." kohlepp was convicted and sentenced to

in court today, no bond was set -- and the solicitor saying he is confident a murder charge will be brought against him...lauren lyster, abc news los angeles. jerry sandusky is fighting to have his child sexual abuse convictions overturned. the former penn state university assistant football coach is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence for sexually abusing ten boys. sandusky is in court in pennsylvania. his lawyers are trying to get the charges dismissed or get a new trial. a man identified as "victim two" in court doc expected to testify. suspended-v harvard university has suspended their entire men's soccer team for the rest of the season over sexual comments made about the women's soccer team. the university's president says the comments date back to 20-12. a document uncovered by the school newspaper shows male players rated the attractiveness of female recruits and included lewd

season. you probably love to post pictures and updates about your vacation on facebook. but beware -- you could be making yourself a target. how thieves are using your online friends to see when you're away. plus... a frightening recall you need to know about. why you need you check your washing machine-- before someone gets hurt. ((bryan)) this weekend will be fairly nice in las vegas with light winds and mostly sunny ski 80 degrees both days with lows near 60. as we head into next week high pressure stays put and keeps our weather practically the same each day. and.. don't forget to download the all new 13 action news app.. featuring live streaming.. video on demand and incredible weather radar. it's free in the app store and in google play.

with all of the shenanigans danny tarkanian's pulled in nevada -- helping set up fake charities used to scam nevada seniors, failing to pay thousands in property taxes, losing $17 million in a failed development scheme, then sticking taxpayers with the bill -- imagine the shenanigans tarkanian would pull in washington. it's why we can't afford tarkanian in congress, ever.

facebook. it could make you a target for burlaries while you're away. that just lets the bad people

and nobody is home at the house." this happened to two families living near milwaukee. police there say a man trolled facebook for people posting vacation photos and then targeted their homes. authorities say even if you know who all of your friends are on facebook -- be aware that friends of friends can still see your posts. so maybe wait until you get home to post your beach photos. "we had a squirrell that entered our building and it's in our activity room. and it's jumping on people a them." a florida woman calls 9-1-1 asking for help after a squirrel attacks at least three people inside a senior center. people can be heard in the background asking each other if they're okay. (911 call) i don' t know if we need an ambulance, but we need some care for people here,the people are bleeding. during the more than three-minute call, the squirrel was eventually tossed out of

a simple picture of some halloween cupcakes is going viral this afternoon -- because of the sweet message of kindness it represents. a fourth grader in pennsylvania baked cupcakes for her class halloween party. but while she was on the bus, another girl tripped and accidentally knocked them onto the floor. the little girl was devastated-- until her bus driver saved the day. 1:07-1:19 "the lady came in and said these are for farrah heim, and i was my bus driver made me cupcakes!'" "i was actually crying again but for happiness because i couldn't believe she would actually do that for me." the class signed a thank you card for the driver. the school's principal shared the story on facebook. thousand of people have liked it and thanked the bus driver for helping the little girl. let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan. this weekend will be fairly

high temperatures will be near 80 degrees both days with lows near 60. as we head into next week high pressure stays put and keeps our weather practically the same each day. we will not notice much of a change until possibly late next week or into next weekend as we but that is still over a week away. so enjoy 80 degrees and sun, because it will be around a while. a contact 13 consumer alert

as we head into next week high pressure stays put and keeps our weather practically the same each day. we will not notice much of a change until possibly late next week or into next weekend as we might cool off some. but that is still over a week away. so enjoy 80 degrees and sun, because it will

this afternoon. now to another recall for samsung -- this time for washing machines that could explode. so far -- more than 700 have done that and nine people have been hurt when the top has blown off. these are photos of some of the damage caused. the recall affects 34 between march of 20-11 through this month. we've put a link on our website at ktnv dot com so you can see all the washers that are impacted. in today's healthy living... a revolutionary treatment for people with diabetes. "i'm kumasi aaron. it looks small but it's changing life in a big way for people with type 1 diabetes. a look at the artificial pancreas."

as you make up your mind, remember -- congressman heck voted 10 times to defund planned parenthood. he even threatened to shut down the government over it. heck took all that money from wall street and predatory payday lenders and voted their way. he even wanted to privatize social security, risking it on the stock market.

13 people have become ill from the potentially deadly infection -- that has a high likelihood of causing outbreaks in healthcare facilities. so far, 4 people have died, but it's not clear yet if their deaths were due to the fungal infection. the remaining cases are now under investigation. it looks kind of like an old-style cell phone or pager... but it's revolutionary medical technology. kumasi aaron s new artificial pancreas is changing lives like never before. take nat: "jason in the lab" jason gensler has plenty to think about working in his lab, but for the first time since he started, his type 1 diabetes isn't on the list. jason gensler / wears artificial pancreas 12:16:26-31 probably 50 to 75% of the around the world chosen to particior the

at age 16, he welcomed the opportunity to live without the constant demands of his disease. jason gensler / wears artificial pancreas 12:13:32-42 you wake up in the very first thing you do is look down at your continuous glucose monitor or check your blood sugar and take. now the artificial pancreas makes most of those decisions for him. jason gensler / wears artificial pancreas 12:27:15-43 ka: how does it work? it is seeing what my blood sugar is all the time from the sensor sensor is telling it with my blood sugar is and then based on an algorithm that's running in the background he decides whether or not to give you insulin or to stop giving your entrance to keep you within range. take nat: 12:34:46-47 a pretty big deal. dr. aaron michels is gensler's endocrinologist, and says he's seen a difference. dr aaron michels / endocrinologist 12:36:45-57

helpful it's cut down on that burden that workload and the biggest thing i think it's done it's really gotten rid of low blood sugars. take nat: 12:30:02-04 "that happened to me last night." gensler says his artificial pancreas keeps his blood sugar from going too low as he sleeps, which can be deadly. jason gensler / wears artificial pancreas 12:30:20-26 it's called dead in bed. it is very very scary. a small box that's changed his life. jason gensler / wears artificial pancreas 12:19:41-45 it's such an amazing thing and i can't wait for everybody else to be able to experiec today's top stories and a final check of your forecast! and.. before we head to break.. a look at tonight's abc primetime lineup. at 8 -- last man standing at 8:30 -- doctor ken at 9 -- shark tank at 10 -- 20/20 at 11 -- 13 action news take a look at this view from chopper 13. .bringing you breaking news fast and first.

ask yourself: if joe heck was on your side, why did he threaten to shut down the government on his crusade to defund planned parenthood? side with the wall street banks when he called nevada's foreclosure crisis a "blip"? and why did joe heck put payday lenders and their shameful interest rates first when he took their money? nevada, it's time to put people before the corporate special interests. it's time to vote no on joe heck. senate majority pac is responsible

now at 13-action news. power is back on over at the paris las vegas. the whole building was evacuated after a construction

investigation. right now -- a man is recovering after getting shot during a robbery. detectives say the victim was approached by a group of people -- when he was robbed and shot in the head. the victim was taken to u-m-c in serious condition, but is expected to survive. right now... police don't have anyone in custody. one person is recovering from minor burns -- after a backyard structure caught on fire. the power was turned off on the property -- there were several structures -- with about ten people living in them. from generators. investigators say generator fuel may have gotten too close to a propane heater. if you're looking to beat the lines before election day -- today is your last day to vote early. more than 6-hundred-17-thousand people have already voted early in nevada. over 30-million early votes have been casted across 38-states. coming up on 13 action news.. live at 5... we're talking to people who

where one woman says she ended up sleeping... when she wasn't given a new hotel room. and... police are calling it the most sophisticated burglary they've seen. how these crooks got into a pharmacy... swiping every pill bottle in sight. those stories and more on 13 action news.. live at 5. then later.. all new on 13 action news live at 6.. a controversial new ad slogan from the rtc is raising some eyebrows... tonight... we're learning more about how the slogan was che effective it's been with rtc passengers. this weekend will be fairly nice in las vegas with light winds and mostly sunny skies. high temperatures will be near 80 degrees both days with lows near 60. as we head into next week high change until possibly late next week or into next weekend as we because it will be around a while. that does it for 13 action news live at 3:30..

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